I am not a Dooce fanatic as MANY are! But I do enjoy her wit and check in on her weekly
(as opposed to daily where I go here: http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/, here: http://mssinglemama.com/, and here: http://afatbridesmaid.blogspot.com/, and even here: http://mandysthirtysomethingblog.blogspot.com/)
to see if I can get a good chuckle. So it had to be divine intervention that I [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Innocence Lost! – Explaining Abortion to a 10 year old.
Posted in Hively, Red, Single Moming, tagged abortion, children, parenting, politics, public school on October 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth. -Peter Ustinov
Posted in Hively, Red, tagged children, dental, parenting, recession, teeth, tooth fairy on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tooth decay was a perennial national problem that meant a mouthful of silver for patients and for dentists a pocketful of gold. ~Claudia Wallis
I am poor. My children are toothless. As a result, of this toothlessness, I have no $green$!
Seriously! This is an issue people.
At Hively’s last dental cleaning, I [...]
FALL!
Posted in FAMILY, Hively, Red, tagged bonfire, fall, parenting on October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On cool, fall evenings in the mid-west, people head outside. The nights are getting colder, the leaves are changing color and the humans sit around warming to the glow of hot embers.
If you are fortunate enough to know a friend who is located somewhat rurally that has a fire pit, you have spent time [...]
JUST SAY POLICE TALKING US!
Posted in FAMILY, Hively, Red, Single Moming, tagged kids, single parenting on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After that last convo with the ex, I had to prepare my kids. I knew from past experiences that when I make any mention of things said to me, the result is, the next visit involves an interrogation. A very unfortunate incident involving this situation occured a few years back and I have remained mum [...]
Tried to kill my son – Part 3
Posted in FAMILY, Hively, Red, Sick of Sick, Single Moming, That is Ms. S to you., tagged asthma, child, father, mother, parenting, single parenting on October 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
CONCLUSION:
I need to wrap this up as the first visit since this ordeal commences tonight at 6pm! UGH! You all need to pray for my babies as they are gone over the next 48 hours. And for me, the mama sitting at home and trying to function through my fear for them.
AHH – Justice [...]
Tried to kill my son – PART 2
Posted in FAMILY, Hively, Red, Single Moming, tagged asthma, hospital, parenting, single parenting on October 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
He was calling to tell me that the hospital staff is saying they will be keeping my son for at least 48 hours. Great! I didn’t pack for 48 hours. Why so long? But still he insists all is really fine and they are just over reacting.
I am fine to buy this and convince [...]